Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Warrant Officer Class I J. E. Thomas, Royal Army Pay Corps, late Royal Artillery
British War and Victory Medals (234393 Gnr. J. E. Thomas. R.A.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, Regular Army (1030640 Sjt. J. E. Thomas. R.A.P.C.) mounted as worn, nearly very fine

Five: Lieutenant C. W. Mander, Royal Army Pay Corps, late Royal Field Artillery
1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 1st Army; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (325479 W.O.Cl.1. C. W. Mander. R.A.P.C.); together with a bronze sporting medal ‘Inter-Unit Cricket 1929 Winners R.A.P.C. Cpl. C. W. Mander.’, good very fine and better (10) £120-£160

John Edward Thomas was born in Isleworth on 8 January 1904 and initially joined No. 4 Depot, Royal Field Artillery (Woolwich) as Boy 14 May 1917. Appointed Trumpeter 24 October 1919, he served in Constantinople from 1 February 1920 and later transferred to the Royal Army Pay Corps on 15 June 1923. Sent to Gibraltar and Malta, he was awarded the L.S. & G.C. Medal in 1935.

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Charles William Mander was born in Burslem, Staffordshire, on 27 November 1906. He enlisted at Worcester for the Royal Artillery 18 August 1925 and joined the 45th Field Battery, 20th Field Brigade on 4 December 1925. Sent on attachment to the Royal Army Pay Corps at Chatham 1 September 1927, he passed his professional exams and ensured transfer was effective as of 31 August 1927. Advanced Warrant Officer 1st Class 12 September 1942, he served briefly at Scottish Command before departing the UK for Africa 23 November 1942. Taken on strength 2nd C.P.O. Algiers (employed as Chief Clerk), Mander was awarded the Army L.S. & G.C. Medal and discharged to a commission on 8 June 1944; released Class ‘A’ Reserve 15 December 1945, he died at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary on 31 July 1969, his profession recorded as Higher Grade Officer, Inland Revenue.

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